Plans Ready for Ration Registration War Book Distribution
Charman Walter W McAlister of the Bexar County ration board said schooling and army post registration will occur Wednesday to Friday. Supplies are at school sites and thousands of teachers will work 8:30 am to 5 pm daily. Reminders include bringing War Book 3 for each member, completing War Book 3 cover, and registering at the nearest school. Registration follows alphabetical order by last name.
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Charman Walter W. McAlister
Bexar County Ration Board
Arid County
Bop
wHiday
Dallas
Miltary
Thomas Jefferson
Burbank
Wheatley
Robert BR. Green
Robert. E. Lee
Knox and Dunbar
Nazi Steel Center Taken By Slavs
London reports Yugoslav Partisans captured the steel city of Vares Meaydan, 20 miles north of Sw Jevya, after a 12 hour siege, with German losses and two railway stations destroyed. Partisans claim Tito’s forces engaged near Andrijevica while Mihailovic’s units were accused of allying with Germans in Montenegro.
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London
Bosnia
Vares
Meaydan
Jevya
Abellion
Josip “Tito” Broa
Ay Hierce
Parammuni Lque
Anther
Save
Serbia
Live River
Turkey Supply Unfrozen for Civilian Purchases Ahead of Thanksgiving
The FDA announced that turkeys are now unfrozen for civilian supply. Since August the administration shipped 12 million pounds to forces overseas and purchased 23 million pounds for domestic forces. About 14 percent of a million pounds remain on the wing and priced at ceiling levels for public buying.
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FDA
Food Distribution Administration
Turkey
Kilday to appeal court order on sale of stolen tires
Sheriff Owen W. Kilday said he would appeal the commissioners court order prohibiting sale of stolen tires and tubes seized by deputies. An auction of 32 tires and 12 tubes drew nine sealed bids and several verbal bids from dealers before the bid process stalled.
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Owen W. Kilday
OPA
Killay
Lay Away Plan Used for Army Meal
CAMP GROWDER Mo Oct 26 The army uses a day away plan at Central Signal corps mess hall to reduce waste When a soldier finishes his meal he leaves a half full plate which is checked by the mess sergeant and stored in the ice box for the next meal This service targets the worst offenders as part of a food conservation drive
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Camp Growder
INS
Central Signal Corps
Aceul
Army
Bascom Giles to Address Lions Club
Bascom Giles commissioner of the general land office and First Vice president of the Austin Lions club will address the San Antonio Lions club at the Gunter hotel Wednesday on The History and Disposition of Texas Public Domain. The program is sponsored by the Austin Lions and is an exchange program.
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Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Austin Lions Club
San Antonio Lions Club
Gunter Hotel
Texas
Domaihi
The
Austin Lions
Trail Drivers Bar Women In Slacks
Report from Pinner Memorial hill notes a debate as attendees, including W. C. Palmer of the Association, discuss changes in social norms and the presence of women in slack attire at a dance featuring old-time tunes by WHance Da AL Buith's orchestra and Mader dancing.
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Anamiachie
Dane
Pinner Memorial Hill
Brachwar
W. C. Palmer
Stony Dane
AL Buith
AAF to Get More P-38s From Lockheed Plant Shift
An army air force spokesman said Lockheed will convert nearly all facilities to Lightning fighter production and double output. To speed the program, Constellation transports will be curtailed and Lockheed Lodestar production suspended. A talk by Senator W Lee Graniel on Bureaucratic Government will be broadcast by KTSA nationwide tonight.
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Los Angeles
Army Air Force
Lockheed
Constellation
Perry's Flagship Niagara Restored In Erie Public Square
Commodore Oliver Perry's flagship the Niagara has a final resting place in Erie Pennsylvania's public square after centuries of decay. The 1813 Battle of Lake Erie memory spans from the old ship's scuttling to a 1939 restoration costing about 60 thousand dollars. The flag still bears the famous message “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”
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Erie Pa
INS
Oliver Perry
Ghent
Great Britain
United States
Prc
Misery Bay
Houston
Great Lakes
Shel
Pennsylvania Historicealfield Shel Corporation
Lake Erie
Perry
Abe Niagara
British Sink 5 Nazi Boats Near East Anglia Coast
British light naval forces protecting a convoy sank four German E boats and damaged seven more, out of a formation of 30, in a five hour running battle in the channel off the East Anglian coast Sunday night. British and German coastal batteries then conducted an intense artillery duel across the channel during the night amid reports of a Nazi convoy sighting off the French coast.
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London
East Anglia
INS
Channel
Blue Barron Leads Band After Columbus Engagement
Blue Barron, band leader of the swhip orchestra, played for the boys at Fort Hayes during an engagement in Columbus. He returned to Fort Hayes as an inductee from Cleveland and was placed in a room. His induction did not break up the Barron band, which saw leadership passed to Tommy Ryan.
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Columbus
Blue Barron
Fort Haye
Fort BS
Cleveland
Rigo
Barron
Ryan
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Sweden
Nazi Steel
Andrijevica
Montencero
Yuraslav Anny
Free Yugoslav Radio
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Peter
Tito
Mihailovic
Caira
Mihailowic
Mianailovic
Ratia
Li's Ile
All America
Pan-American Coffee Bureau
Dartil
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cura Pominitan Refusaic
EL Salvador
Mexico
Venezuela
San Antonio
Kilday
Lions Club
AAF
Perry’s
Public Square
George Fielding Eliot
Governeent
Pearl Harbor
Atorkca
Ninte
Distilleria
Distilled Spirits Institute, Inc
Washington, DC
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